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No. 6I8,368. Patented Ian. 24, I899. W. l. STIMPSUN.

LUDM TEMPLE.

(Application filed Aug 4, 1898.)

(No Model.)

temple with the stand omitted.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- WVALLAOE I. STIMPSON, OF MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE DRAPER COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE, AND IIOPEDALE, MASSA- OHUSETTS.

LOOM-TEMPLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 618,368, dated January 24, 1899. Application filed August 4, 1898. Serial No. 687,683- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WALLACE I. STIMPsON, of Milford, county of \Vorcester, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Loom-Temples, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to temples for looms; and it has for its object the production of means to press the cloth in a positive manner firmly against the roll in order to insure the engagement of the teeth thereof with the cloth.

Figure 1 is a top or plan view of a loom- Fig. 2 shows the temple-pod and the cap opened out to show my invention; and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the temple, taken on the line a: so, Fig.1.

The slide-bar A, the pod A, attached thereto, the cap B, and the rotatable toothed cylindrical roll C may be and are substantially of usual and well-known construction.

In carrying out my invention I provide the concave bottom of the pod with one or more transverse ribs or projections a, one being herein shown, and this rib may be conveniently formed of a piece of wire bent to follow the curvature of the roll and partially encircle it and secured in place by having its downturned ends a inserted in suitable holes in the side walls of the pod.

In order to prevent interference of the rib with the teeth of the roll O, I omit one spiral or row of teeth on the roll, thereby leaving a clear or smooth band 0 around the roll opposite the rib or projection a.

As the cloth passes through the temple and over the rib the latter raises it' and causes it to approach the roll very closely, so that the teeth are absolutely sure to engage the cloth.

I have shown the projection located nearer the inner end of the pod, so that the cloth near its selvage is pressed positively upon the teeth of the roll without in the least in terfering with the passage of the cloth or the properoperation of the temple.

When the directing rib or projection is made of wire, as herein, it can yield by reason of its elasticity, which is an advantageous feature, particularly should the cloth vary in thickness.

My invention is not restricted to the construction herein shown, as the same may be modified without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having shown one practical embodiment of my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a loom-temple, a cylindrical toothed roll having an annular toothless portion, and the pod provided with an independent transverse, curved rib or projection to partially encircle and closely-approach the toothless portion of the roll, substantially as described.

2. In a loom-temple, a cylindrical roll having an annular toothless portion, the pod, and a transverse wire independent of and at tached at its ends to the pod, to partially encircle the roll and closely approach the toothless portion of its circumference,substantially as described.

3. In a loom-temple, a cylindrical toothed roll, and a detachable curved, fixed wire mounted transyersely to the roll, to partially encircle, and closely approach the circumference thereof, the cloth passing between the roll and the wire and by the latter being pressed upon the teeth of the former, substantially as described.

4. In a loom-temple, a cylindrical toothed roll having an annular toothless portion, and the pod provided with an elastic or yielding transverse, curved rib or projection to partially encircle and closely approach the toothless portion of the roll, substantially as described.

5. In a loom-temple, a cylindrical roll having an annular toothless portion, the pod, and a yielding or elastic transverse, curved wire fixed at its ends to the pod, to partially encircle and closely approach the toothless portion of the roll,- substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALLACE I. STIMPSON.

Witnesses:

ALBERT, H. CoUsINs, GEO. OTIS DRAPER. 

